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Density is almost meaningless here. What’s important is the distance between them outside of cities. There are still substantial gaps. The network is large, ye
by mikeash 8y ago
Density is almost meaningless here. What’s important is the distance between them outside of cities. There are still substantial gaps.
The network is large, yes. But so many of the locations you see are single or dual units. You can’t count on such a facility when traveling, because it might be in use. I’d hesitate to count on any station with 4 or fewer stalls. I guess if the density is good enough you could hunt around for a free one, but that sounds awful.
- gamblor956 8y agoYou've just described the problem with the Supercharger network, which suffers from that problem at an even worse scale. In most urban Supercharger stations, the stalls are almost always taken up by taxi companies. On heavily trafficked highways/freeways like the Interstate 5, most of the stalls are taken up by drivers for hours-long intervals. Same problem, but far worse--because Supercharger stations are more spread out than their non-network/non-Tesla counterparts.
- mikeash 8y agoMaybe I’ve described the problem with the Supercharger network in California, but it’s not like that at all elsewhere. In 10,000 miles of Supercharger road trips I’ve had to spend a grand total of 15 minutes waiting for an open stall.